Post by Pops on Jun 18, 2013 17:13:21 GMT -5

After the last month-plus of releases, this needs to be revised. Plus I've given more time to a few more of these, so some moved up and others moved down. I feel like if I keep updating this as the year goes on it'll be easier at year's end.

Albums that are in the discussion but not quite there, but might be by the end of the year: Boards of Canada, Sigur Ros, Local Natives, Ghostface Killah, The Flaming Lips, Deafheaven, Junip, Iceage, My Bloody Valentine, the National, Low, Bonobo, Dillinger Escape Plan, California X, Inter Arma, Frank Turner, the Men, Kvelertak, Colin Stetson.

Thoughts:- Since I first made this list, Kanye, Daft Punk, and Jagwar Ma all released albums which I can't stop playing. I've also revisted Phosphorescent many, many times and gave it the bump. I love the new BoC, but it's not connecting with me as much as I'd hoped. Sigur Ros is like just on the cusp - it's their best work in years, but I've only listened a handful of times so it's tough to move it all the way up. Deafheaven is also really close, but the vocals still irritate me a bit from time to time. I guess without those vocals they'd basically be Pelican with a better drummer, but still. - Ghostface, Local Natives and the Flaming Lips all got dropped, simply because too much awesomeness has come out recently.- If Magna Carta Holy Grail doesn't wind up in my top ten, I'll be stunned.

Post by George on Jun 26, 2013 19:09:16 GMT -5

I tried to sit down and order this, but a lot of this is too new to have final thoughts on. I started the list with all the albums I enjoyed from this year and deleted them one by one until I hit 11. I'm sure if I wanted to torture myself over it I could axe one more and make it a pretty 10, but I won't.

I really loved Daft Punk, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Savages, Blaudzun, Justin Timberlake, and Jim James. I could easily see any of them rotating into that top list.

Looking back through the album of the month thread I think I only really regret my March vote. Didn't give Rhye enough time to grow on me. Suuns was very very good, but not really all that close to Rhye in retrospect. I also may be swinging to The National over Mount Kimbie, but that one's still in the air.

Post by Pops on Jun 26, 2013 20:48:30 GMT -5

I tried to sit down and order this, but a lot of this is too new to have final thoughts on. I started the list with all the albums I enjoyed from this year and deleted them one by one until I hit 11. I'm sure if I wanted to torture myself over it I could axe one more and make it a pretty 10, but I won't.

I really loved Daft Punk, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Savages, Blaudzun, Justin Timberlake, and Jim James. I could easily see any of them rotating into that top list.

Looking back through the album of the month thread I think I only really regret my March vote. Didn't give Rhye enough time to grow on me. Suuns was very very good, but not really all that close to Rhye in retrospect. I also may be swinging to The National over Mount Kimbie, but that one's still in the air.

Wow - we are really close. I'm doing mine for the end of this month and right this minute it looks a lot like yours.